Functional expression of voltage-gated sodium channels in primary cultures of human cervical cancer
| Autor: | Elizabeth Hernández-Gallegos, Cindy Sharon Ortiz, Daniel Diaz, Dulce María Delgadillo, Juan Carlos Gomora, Javier Camacho, Martha E. Ramı́rez-Domı́nguez, Luz María Hinojosa, Jaime Berumen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Patch-Clamp Techniques
Physiology Clinical Biochemistry Muscle Proteins Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Motility Nerve Tissue Proteins Biology Sodium Channels Membrane Potentials chemistry.chemical_compound Biomarkers Tumor Tumor Cells Cultured medicine Humans RNA Messenger Patch clamp NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Ion channel Sodium channel Carcinoma Cell Membrane NAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Sodium Cancer Cell Biology medicine.disease Molecular biology Potassium channel Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Protein Subunits Electrophysiology chemistry NAV1.6 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Tetrodotoxin Female Sodium Channel Blockers |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cellular Physiology. 210:469-478 |
| ISSN: | 1097-4652 0021-9541 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jcp.20871 |
| Popis: | Cervical cancer (CaC) is the third most frequent cause of death from cancer among women in the world and the first in females of developing countries. Several ion channels are upregulated in cancer, actually potassium channels have been suggested as tumor markers and therapeutic targets for CaC. Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) activity is involved in proliferation, motility, and invasion of prostate and breast cancer cells; however, the participation of this type of channels in CaC has not been explored. In the present study, we identified both at the molecular and electrophysiological level VGSC in primary cultures from human cervical carcinoma biopsies. With the whole cell patch clamp technique, we isolated and identified a voltage-gated Na(+) current as the main component of the inward current in all investigated cells. Sodium current was characterized by its kinetics, voltage dependence, sensitivity to tetrodotoxin (TTX) block and dependence to [Na(+)](o). By analyzing the expression of mRNAs encoding TTX-sensitive Na(+) channel alpha subunits with standard RT-PCR and specific primers, we detected Na(v)1.2, Na(v)1.4, Na(v)1.6, and Na(v)1.7 transcripts in total RNA obtained from primary cultures and biopsies of CaC. Restriction enzyme analysis of PCR products was consistent with the molecular nature of the corresponding genes. Notably, only transcripts for Na(v)1.4 sodium channels were detected in biopsies from normal cervix. The results show for the first time the functional expression of VGSC in primary cultures from human CaC, and suggest that these channels might be considered as potential molecular markers for this type of cancer. |
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